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Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus



4.6 | 498 votes |
Release date: 6 June 2011
Style: Industrial metal

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01. Omni Potens
02. Too Extreme!
03. Existo Vulgoré
04. Blades For Baal
05. I Am Morbid
06. 10 More Dead
07. Destructos VS The Earth / Attack
08. Nevermore
09. Beauty Meets Beast
10. Radikult
11. Profundis - Mea Culpa

Additional info
Release dates: June 6th: Europe, June 7th: North America.

Available in following formats:
- Wooden foldout box
- Metal starpak CD (Outside North America)
- Deluxe digipak CD (North America only)
- Double gatefold LP with download card
- Jewel case CD
- Digital download

Mixed by Sean Beavan for SOS Management Inc. at the Blue Room, Los Angeles, California.

Drums for "Profundis - Mea Culpa", "Destructos VS The Earth / Attack", "Too Extreme!", "Nevermore", "Beauty Meets Beast" and "Existo Vulgoré" recorded at Mana Recording Studios. Engineer: Erik Rutan.

Drums for "I Am Morbid", "Radikult", "Blades For Baal" and "10 More Dead" recorded at Red Room Studios. Enginner: Mark Prator.

Guitars, bass and vocals recorded at D.O.W. Studios. Engineer: Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez.

Vocals for "Existo Vulgoré", "Beauty Meets Beast" and "Profundis - Mea Culpa" recorded with Sean Beavan at the Blue Room, Los Angeles, California.

Cover artwork and booklet design by Gustavo Sazes.

Staff review by
jupitreas
Rating:
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More than any other release in recent times, Morbid Angel's Illud Divinum Insanus has polarized our staff members. As anyone familiar with these Floridian death metal forefathers knows, they just came back from a long 8 year absence with a new album that also features their original vocalist, David Vincent, for the first time in 16 years. Due to the notability of this release, we decided to create a collaborative review, which gives all of the staff members to voice their opinions. Here they are, ranging from most negative to quite positive.

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published 13.06.2011 | Comments (61)

So you thought you'd heard the pinnacle of experimental metal? Think again buster, Morbid Angel are here to please their fanbase with everything they could have ever wanted: rip-roaring hardcore snarls, air-punching electro-beatz, brutal, technical Rammstein-worship and truly forward-thinking lyrical content such as the never before contemplated "KILL A COP COP, KILL A COP, KILL-A-KILL-A-COP!" all of which will have you grabbing your glowsticks, squeezing into your favourite UV neon-latex vest and before you know it you'll be throwing shapes down your local Goth-pit, big-fish, little-fish, cardboard box style. Yeah, Morbid Angel know what they're doing and are making metal sexier than ever before.

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06.07.2012 - 19:40
Rating: 8
Big-Al

Written by Guest on 06.07.2012 at 19:00

Written by Big-Al on 06.07.2012 at 10:10

Written by Guest on 05.07.2012 at 21:49

Written by Big-Al on 05.07.2012 at 13:05

The Berzerker?


Hm... they even have a morbid angel cover Do you like them?

For sure!!

The Berzerker was awesome! ...but disbanded around 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqjt-0N-1rs


I will check them later. Now I will check some Katatonia

Wait! You gave this album an 10???

fanboy

actually i do really like it, other than "too extreme!" which would have been better placed later in the album. not track 2 after the intro. just swap it in the track order with Nevermore and i think everyone would like the album a lot better.
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06.07.2012 - 19:51
Cuca Beludo
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Written by Big-Al on 06.07.2012 at 19:40

fanboy

actually i do really like it, other than "too extreme!" which would have been better placed later in the album. not track 2 after the intro. just swap it in the track order with Nevermore and i think everyone would like the album a lot better.


Well, I kinda of agree with you. This track is in the wrong place. For me, it's the weakest track of the album... from what I can remember. I'm not even sure if I listened to it 100 percent
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03.09.2012 - 00:54
BlueMobius
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Wow, just dropped by here to see how this album is doing and ... dang what a rating.
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03.09.2012 - 18:10
Rating: 6
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by Lustful Maid on 03.09.2012 at 17:59
It was obvious that Pete Sandoval has changed his beater (drum stick) to a midium-headed type. 2-3 songs sound like industrial. Extremely good tempos like his early works.


Pete Sandoval doesn't play on the album, it's Tim Yeung.

There's actually been a few stories circulating around the net recently, that Pete has actually left the band permanently. He is still listed as the drummer on Morbid Angel's official website though, and as far as I know, there has been no official statement made by the band about Pete's supposed departure.
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02.10.2012 - 17:50
LordHypnos
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"Kill a cop, cop, kill a cop, kill a, kill a, kill a cop"... Radikult is easily their worst song ever...
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10.10.2012 - 03:30
Rating: 3
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
This album is such a joke.
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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10.10.2012 - 04:05
Lit.
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"KILL A COP COP, KILL A COP, KILL-A-KILL-A-COP!"
Move over, Body Count.
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10.10.2012 - 05:22
BreadGod
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Written by Guest on 10.10.2012 at 04:05

"KILL A COP COP, KILL A COP, KILL-A-KILL-A-COP!"
Move over, Body Count.

Damn right, nigga! Morbid Angel been crossin' da line since 1989!
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19.11.2012 - 11:53
Rating: 5
Daniell
_爱情_
It's "killer cult"...
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19.11.2012 - 15:17
Vombatus
Potorro
If it wasn't MA, there wouldn't have been so much controversy. Some tracks are actually enjoyable even if the worst ones always get the attention (radikult, too extreme.....). A mixed album that ends up being quite mediocre.
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15.12.2012 - 11:03
Rating: 6
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
Average death metal songs + average industrial songs + occasional orchestrations = mediocre album...
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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16.01.2013 - 20:54
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
Written by Guest on 10.10.2012 at 04:05

"KILL A COP COP, KILL A COP, KILL-A-KILL-A-COP!"
Move over, Body Count.

I'm pretty sure it's "Killer cult."
Either way, still pretty stupid.
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18.01.2013 - 09:35
Jaeryd
Nihil's Maw
Written by NocturnalStalker on 15.12.2012 at 11:03

Average death metal songs + average industrial songs + occasional orchestrations = mediocre album...

Sums it up right there. It's not as horrible as everyone makes it out to be, but it's not above average. People probably give it such a low rating out of sheer disappointment, which I suppose I can understand. I'd rate it a 5.7 at max, or at the lowest a 4.
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11.02.2013 - 19:18
nille

The album had a very low level ..... .
The morbid angel fans (of which I am one of them) "in their minds of this group relative to the group's albums and videos that have been decades ago," I did not expect to like this.!
"Pete" did not appear on the album itself is a negative score and may indicate that "Pete" also believes that the new album should be out .... .
((( I wish a hundred times more powerful than the old Morbid angel is back on .... not a hundred times weaker! )))
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11.02.2013 - 19:23
nille

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13.07.2013 - 20:35
Lit.
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You know what I just thought?
The next album is probably gonna be called "Just Kidding, Here's Our Real Next Album."
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26.08.2013 - 05:12
Rating: 3
Rulatore

Written by Guest on 13.07.2013 at 20:35

You know what I just thought?
The next album is probably gonna be called "Just Kidding, Here's Our Real Next Album."

Would be nice, and with Pete
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17.12.2013 - 15:26
Rating: 4
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
I quite enjoyed Existo Vulgoré, I Am Morbid, and Nevermore, but frankly most of the remainder is garbage...
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15.11.2014 - 21:44
ThunderAxe1989
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Written by SelfXPlanetOrE on 01.12.2011 at 13:08

Written by drdml on 20.07.2011 at 16:49

3 people voted 10!
WTF is wrong with them.
worst album i've ever heard.

Closed-minded prick.

How do you figure? I agree with this person, it's not just Morbid Angel's worst, but it's straight up horrible, though I believe they were probably trolling while voting 10. It's a shitty album, age has obviously got to David Vincent and to my knowledge, Pete Sandoval is not on this record, right? They had a good run, but this was a huge disappointment, thinking it sucks doesn't make one close-minded.
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29.03.2015 - 00:07
Rating: 6
me<3mertl

It's totally not a good album,but also not as bad as people make it seem.I does have some good songs on it.
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10.01.2016 - 21:56
Rating: 7
lordz
IzZo
Its got some good tracks ... not as bad as everyone is saying in my humble opinion...most tracks are very industrial so cant compare it to the other albums ... miss David's old growling!!! but all and all a good album
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20.02.2018 - 22:02
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Sucks
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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15.06.2020 - 00:43
Rating: 4
sgtrobo

If this wasn't Morbid Angel, I admit I wouldn't have rated it this low.
However, it *is* Morbid Angel, and despite my best efforts, I cannot erase the quality of their other albums from my mind.
If this album was by a completely unknown band, I might give it a 6
If this album was by a completely unknown band, I also never would've purchased it
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16.10.2022 - 02:39
Rating: 8
Oxygen Thief

I guess I'm already aware I'm in the minority, but I have to make an attempt to defend this album.
I find this album to be very fun, yeah it's not top quality industrial metal, it's not top quality death metal, and it's possibly not top quality morbid angel (I don't know morbid angel that well) but I do know that when I listen to it I have a good time. It's just such silly, ridiculous and fun, that I find myself returning to it regularly.
Take this opinion as you find it, I also like to listen to St Anger for fun, and prefer the original to the snare corrected versions you can find on youtube (that's a topic for another chat, and maybe I have a teenage nostalgia for it, but I still find it fun to listen to)
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